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A second powerful storm in as many weeks was bearing down on a string of battered Caribbean islands on Sunday, with forecasters saying that Maria had strengthened into a hurricane and would intensify before hitting the Leeward Islands on Monday night.

Embassy in Havana following unexplained incidents harming the health of American diplomats. "Cuba's neglect of its duty to protect our diplomats and their families can not go unchallenged", said the lawmakers, who included Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas, who led the effort, and Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, a prominent Cuban-American and critic of the United States detente with Havana.

Schwartz, head of the US -based charity Refugees International and a former assistant secretary of state for population, refugees and migration, said he couldn't recall seeing so much misery in the camps and called for international pressure on Myanmar to stop the violence.

National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster , in an interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday , agreed that the United States might need to turn to a military option. He said President Donald Trump had been fully briefed on the event. And he suggested that Friday's bomb attack in London could lead Trump to introduce a stronger travel ban.

Refugees say Myanmar's army retaliated, killing hundreds of Rohingya civilians and driving them out of their homes. In total, 7000 metric tonnes of relief aid will be moved through the operation, as per the Indian high commission in Bangladesh .

By this point, Jose will either remain at minimal-hurricane intensity or weaken to a tropical storm. There are no coastal watches or warnings now in effect, but the National Hurricane Center says that tropical storm watches may be issued for portions of areas from North Carolina to New England.